Information Technology Project Managers — Tasks

Task statements

• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
• Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.
• Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
• Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
• Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.
• Establish and execute a project communication plan.
• Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
• Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
• Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
• Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.